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Minor earthquake 3.6 mag, 29 km WSW of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska


Earthquake location 51.739S, -178.4979WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) was reported 29 km WSW of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska (18 miles) on Wednesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/05/17 / 2017-05-10 14:12:09 / May 10, 2017 @ 2:12 pm. Exact location of event, depth 13.1 km, -178.4979° West, 51.739° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 13.1 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 04:12:09 / 4:12 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us10008srd. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: ak16017177, us10008srd.

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and twenty, in the last 10 days four hundred and fifty-six, in the past 30 days four hundred and sixty-three and in the last 365 days five hundred and eighty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 29 km WSW of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -178.4979° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.739° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 13.1 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 29km WSW of Tanaga Volcano, Alaska Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-05-10 14:12:09 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-05-31 07:59:15 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -600 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 1.21 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 199 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,ak,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.38 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us10008srd Id of event.
Event Code 10008srd An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak16017177,us10008srd, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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